'The Walking Dead' Focuses on Survivors in Season 4

10/10/2013 12:34PM

After three years and hundreds of scenes of zombie splatter, “The Walking Dead” is beefing up its soft side for a more intensely character-focused season. John Jurgensen has a preview on Lunch Break. Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC.

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